The First I Know What You Did Last Summer Trailer Hooks You in With the Past

Sony has wanted to remake 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer for a decade, and it yet got its wish. Part reboot, portion sequel to the originals, the caller movie keeps the aforesaid basal premise portion hoping to get successful connected that bequest sequel craze that turned Scream into a franchise again.

Set again successful the municipality of Southport, a radical of teenage friends find themselves being knocked disconnected by a mysterious slayer with a hook hand. The teens themselves soon recognize it’s connected to a car mishap from the erstwhile summertime they were progressive successful and ne'er owned up to for fearfulness of punishment—but what’s worse than being killed by idiosyncratic with a grudge? Apparently, the lone ones who tin assistance them marque consciousness of this full happening are Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.), survivors from the archetypal 2 films.

The archetypal two I Know What You Did Last Summer movies were followed up by a direct-to-DVD movie centered connected a radical of unconnected kids successful Colorado, followed by a one-season amusement connected Prime Video based much connected the 1973 caller than the movies themselves. Do Revenge director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson got the gig for this caller movie aft her pitch, and whitethorn beryllium looking to walk the torch from Julie and Ray to whoever survives this one. After all, summertime ne'er ends, and neither bash slashers.

Also starring Madelyn Cline, Tyriq Withers, Chase Sui Wonders, and Jonah Hauer-King, the new I Know What You Did Last Summer releases July 18.

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